I often get this annoying problem where my ping regularly jumps up to 999, stays like that for a few moments and then drops back to normal. Once it starts, it continually happens throughout the game. Usually my ping is quite reasonable, but when these spikes happen, I loose control over the game and can't play. There is nothing else consuming my bandwidth when i'm playing online. Is there a fix for this?

But you are having this problem in 4d1 only?

But you are having this problem in 4d1 only?

 

Yeah, I used get it in alterIWnet before but the solution then was to set 'enable_upload' to 0 in the iw4mp.cfg file and that worked. There's no such config file in 4d1.

I have the same issue it's really pissing me off. When I go to spec people There appear to be fine but as soon as I start playing I warp everywhere

But you are having this problem in 4d1 only?

 

Yeah, I used get it in alterIWnet before but the solution then was to set 'enable_upload' to 0 in the iw4mp.cfg file and that worked. There's no such config file in 4d1.

You could put that in your game console, or in config_m2.cfg, or even make a iw4mp.cfg in your players folder, put than in there, then put exec iw4mp.cfg in your console or in your config_m2.cfg to do it automatically. :3

Assuming enable_upload is still there.

But you are having this problem in 4d1 only?

 

Yeah, I used get it in alterIWnet before but the solution then was to set 'enable_upload' to 0 in the iw4mp.cfg file and that worked. There's no such config file in 4d1.

You could put that in your game console, or in config_m2.cfg, or even make a iw4mp.cfg in your players folder, put than in there, then put exec iw4mp.cfg in your console or in your config_m2.cfg to do it automatically. :3

Assuming enable_upload is still there.

It's not.

Try setting cl_packetdup to 0? O:

I don't really know.

Do you have a VPN program like Hamachi.

Those cause problems like this too.

Do you get this problem with any other multiplayer game?

Had it happen a few times myself and only seems to happen in SnD servers so far :\

Do you get this problem with any other multiplayer game?

 

Nope, just MW2 - I mean 4D1!

Do you have a VPN program like Hamachi.

Those cause problems like this too.

 

Yeah, I've got tunngle installed, but it's not running when I play 4D1. I rarely use it.

Try setting cl_packetdup to 0? O:

I don't really know.

 

I've got two config files: config_m2.cfg and config_mp.cfg.

In which one should I edit this variable?

 

EDIT: I suppose it can't do any harm to edit both! Hard to test though because the problem doesn't always occur.

 

EDIT2: I googled cl_packetdup and having it at the default value of 1 shouldn't affect ping at all!

Try setting cl_packetdup to 0? O:

I don't really know.

 

I've got two config files: config_m2.cfg and config_mp.cfg.

In which one should I edit this variable?

 

EDIT: I suppose it can't do any harm to edit both! Hard to test though because the problem doesn't always occur.

 

EDIT2: I googled cl_packetdup and having it at the default value of 1 shouldn't affect ping at all!

cl_maxpackets 100

snaps 30

 

try those?

Still having this problem - anyone out there know a solution?

Get a better ISP maybe?

He said other multiplayer games works fine means the problem in not with his isp. I get this problem too. But it's because of my isp. I get a constant ping after 8pm.

Get a better ISP maybe?

 

It's not my ISP. I can get a reasonable enough ping on every other multiplayer game, and sometimes it's OK on 4D1 too, but I frequently get these 999 ping spikes and it's only in 4D1. The same thing used to happen to me in alterIWnet but, as I mentioned earlier, I was able to fix it then by setting "enable_upload" to zero in the iw4mp.cfg file. I can't do that here because there's no such .cfg file.

It used to happen to me. Then I got a better internet connection and it has never happened since. :/

I would like to see a screenshot of your lagometer while your ping jumps to 999. You can enable the lagometer with the command: "cg_drawlagometer 1"

I have the exact same problem. Every 5 minutes my ping jumps to 999 and goes back to normal again after about 1 minute. But i recently noticed something weird. While my ping was going up to 999 i tabbed out of the game by accident. As i tabbed in again after about 1 sec on the desktop my ping was normal again. So tabbing out and in again solved the problem in 5 seconds. But after 5 minutes the same thing.. ping going up again :/

Heres a screenshot with lagometer as my ping is going up:

 

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2923/3lgnmccf_jpg.htm

 

The red bar thing appeared while i tabbed out of the game.

And sry if my english is bad im german.

I have the exact same problem. Every 5 minutes my ping jumps to 999 and goes back to normal again after about 1 minute. But i recently noticed something weird. While my ping was going up to 999 i tabbed out of the game by accident. As i tabbed in again after about 1 sec on the desktop my ping was normal again. So tabbing out and in again solved the problem in 5 seconds. But after 5 minutes the same thing.. ping going up again :/

Heres a screenshot with lagometer as my ping is going up:

 

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2923/3lgnmccf_jpg.htm

 

The red bar thing appeared while i tabbed out of the game.

And sry if my english is bad im german.

 

If you have hamachi try to turn the adapter off in the network settings.

I have the same problem but my Hamachi network card is off

I have the exact same problem. Every 5 minutes my ping jumps to 999 and goes back to normal again after about 1 minute. But i recently noticed something weird. While my ping was going up to 999 i tabbed out of the game by accident. As i tabbed in again after about 1 sec on the desktop my ping was normal again. So tabbing out and in again solved the problem in 5 seconds. But after 5 minutes the same thing.. ping going up again :/

Heres a screenshot with lagometer as my ping is going up:

 

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2923/3lgnmccf_jpg.htm

 

The red bar thing appeared while i tabbed out of the game.

And sry if my english is bad im german.

 

If you have hamachi try to turn the adapter off in the network settings.

 

I dont have hamachi or tunngle and i also made sure that no other devices are connected to my router and i dont have any other programms running which connect to the internet. But it didint help

I have the exact same problem. Every 5 minutes my ping jumps to 999 and goes back to normal again after about 1 minute. But i recently noticed something weird. While my ping was going up to 999 i tabbed out of the game by accident. As i tabbed in again after about 1 sec on the desktop my ping was normal again. So tabbing out and in again solved the problem in 5 seconds. But after 5 minutes the same thing.. ping going up again :/

Heres a screenshot with lagometer as my ping is going up:

 

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2923/3lgnmccf_jpg.htm

 

The red bar thing appeared while i tabbed out of the game.

And sry if my english is bad im german.

 

If you have hamachi try to turn the adapter off in the network settings.

 

I dont have hamachi or tunngle and i also made sure that no other devices are connected to my router and i dont have any other programms running which connect to the internet. But it didint help

 

So i guess you have wireless internet?

I have the exact same problem. Every 5 minutes my ping jumps to 999 and goes back to normal again after about 1 minute. But i recently noticed something weird. While my ping was going up to 999 i tabbed out of the game by accident. As i tabbed in again after about 1 sec on the desktop my ping was normal again. So tabbing out and in again solved the problem in 5 seconds. But after 5 minutes the same thing.. ping going up again :/

Heres a screenshot with lagometer as my ping is going up:

 

http://s7.directupload.net/file/d/2923/3lgnmccf_jpg.htm

 

The red bar thing appeared while i tabbed out of the game.

And sry if my english is bad im german.

 

If you have hamachi try to turn the adapter off in the network settings.

 

I dont have hamachi or tunngle and i also made sure that no other devices are connected to my router and i dont have any other programms running which connect to the internet. But it didint help

 

So i guess you have wireless internet?

 

My pc is connected to the router with a lan cable. My ipod, Notebook and Smartphone are connected with wireless lan. So i turned off wifi on these.